instrumentality

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/    美 /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose. uncountable
    — In a later vision the Saviour revealed to her in detail the 'great design' which he wished to establish through her instrumentality.
  2. Something that is instrumental; an instrument. countable
    — He spoke of the various instrumentalities which were now employed for the conversion of the world.
  3. A governmental organ with a specific purpose. countable
    — Any work in which the copyright was ever owned or administered by the Alien Property Custodian and in which the restored copyright would be owned by a government or instrumentality thereof, is not a restored work.

词形变化

instrumentalities plural

词源

Etymology tree
English instrumental
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English instrumentality
From instrumental + -ity.
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